Klipp og Lim

I stumbled across this clip some time ago. In it, one of the greatest american caricaturists and cartoonists, Al Hirschfeld, is seen in his studio working on a drawing. At the time he was 96 (he lived to be a 100), and just watching this old man so totally into his work to the point where his wife has to ask him to stop, after 8 hours straight by the drawing board, is saying something about his enthusiasm and joy about his work. Al Hirschfeld documented american popular culture for over 70 years in his very recognisable, poignant and sparse style. He is often referred to as “The Line King”, and it’s something about the way he boils everything down to an absolute minimum in his drawings that has some kind of zen quality to it.